[pct-l] bear canisters

[David and Cindy]

This is true as I recently spoke to a ranger that is involved with The Sierra Wild Bear organization.  He said that there were also incidents of bears chewing through the bag on at least two occasions last year.  We used the URsack in August 2006 on the JMT with the aluminum liner and if not tied properly will be carried off by bears very quickly!!!  Even when tied properly the bears were very curious about the Ursack.  It was chewed on, sat on, and a gapping small opening was made with no success of reaching the food.  Every few nights the bears were busy figuring out a new way to retrieve the food.  This made for a disruptive night for us.   And at a pretty costly price for the canister I would not use it again even thought we own them.  They are about a pound lighter but not worth the risk.
Cindy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: yogi 
  To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net 
  Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:08 AM
  Subject: [pct-l] bear canisters


  Currently, no the Ursack is not ok.  The
  "conditionally approved" status is no longer on this
  website:

  http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/approvedcontainers.htm

  If you read the Ursack site again, 

  http://www.ursack.com/ursack-update.htm

  it mentions two different Ursack fabrics (one is
  stronger than the other), and it also says that Ursack
  is meeting with the SIBBG on March 8 to try to
  reinstate the "conditinally approved" status of the
  green fabric with aluminum liner.

  Keep watching the websites.  Things change frequently.

  yogi
  www.pcthandbook.com


  --- Carol Freed <robert at engravingpros.com> wrote:

  > I used my Usack with aluminum liner in 2006. Worked
  > great for me. In fact I used the Usack without the
  > liner for most of my trip as my food bag. I was just
  > at the Ursack website and it still says Ursack is
  > conditionally approved for Yosmite in 2005. Anyone
  > have a update? Is the Ursack with liner O.K. for
  > 2007?
  >    
  >   Robert
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